Battle of Curupayty
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The Battle of Curupayty was a significant 1866 engagement of the Paraguayan War in which Paraguayan forces inflicted a major defeat on the Triple Alliance, halting their advance for months.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Curupayty canonical | 4 |
| Batalla de Curupayty | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9644978 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Curupayty Context triple: [Paraguayan War, majorBattle, Battle of Curupayty]
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A.
Battle of Tuyutí
The Battle of Tuyutí was the largest and bloodiest engagement of the Paraguayan War, in which the Triple Alliance forces decisively defeated Paraguay in 1866.
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B.
Battle of Tucumán
The Battle of Tucumán was a key 1812 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which Manuel Belgrano’s forces halted Spanish royalist advances in northwest Argentina, bolstering the revolutionary cause.
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C.
Battle of Tacuarembó
The Battle of Tacuarembó was a decisive 1820 clash in present-day Uruguay in which Portuguese forces crushed Artiguist resistance, effectively ending the Banda Oriental’s struggle against Portuguese-Brazilian domination.
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D.
Battle of La Plata
The Battle of La Plata was a 1958 engagement in the Cuban Revolution in which Fidel Castro’s rebel forces defeated a larger Batista garrison near the Sierra Maestra, helping to solidify rebel control in the region.
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E.
Battle of Paraguarí
The Battle of Paraguarí was a key 1811 engagement in the Paraguayan War of Independence, where local forces repelled an invading army from Buenos Aires, helping to secure Paraguay’s autonomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Curupayty Target entity description: The Battle of Curupayty was a significant 1866 engagement of the Paraguayan War in which Paraguayan forces inflicted a major defeat on the Triple Alliance, halting their advance for months.
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A.
Battle of Tuyutí
The Battle of Tuyutí was the largest and bloodiest engagement of the Paraguayan War, in which the Triple Alliance forces decisively defeated Paraguay in 1866.
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B.
Battle of Tucumán
The Battle of Tucumán was a key 1812 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which Manuel Belgrano’s forces halted Spanish royalist advances in northwest Argentina, bolstering the revolutionary cause.
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C.
Battle of Tacuarembó
The Battle of Tacuarembó was a decisive 1820 clash in present-day Uruguay in which Portuguese forces crushed Artiguist resistance, effectively ending the Banda Oriental’s struggle against Portuguese-Brazilian domination.
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D.
Battle of La Plata
The Battle of La Plata was a 1958 engagement in the Cuban Revolution in which Fidel Castro’s rebel forces defeated a larger Batista garrison near the Sierra Maestra, helping to solidify rebel control in the region.
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E.
Battle of Paraguarí
The Battle of Paraguarí was a key 1811 engagement in the Paraguayan War of Independence, where local forces repelled an invading army from Buenos Aires, helping to secure Paraguay’s autonomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Batalla de Curupayty
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linked to:
Battle of Curupayty
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| belligerent |
Argentine Republic
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linked to:
Argentina
Empire of Brazil ⓘ Oriental Republic of Uruguay ⓘ
linked to:
Uruguay
Paraguay ⓘ Triple Alliance ⓘ
linked to:
Triple Alliance forces
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| campaign |
Allied invasion of Paraguay
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linked to:
Southern front of the Paraguayan War
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| casualtiesParaguay | hundreds killed and wounded ⓘ |
| casualtiesTripleAlliance | several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ |
| commander |
Bartolomé Mitre
ⓘ
José E. Díaz ⓘ Manuel Luís Osório ⓘ Polidoro da Fonseca Quintanilha Jordão ⓘ |
| conflict | Paraguayan War ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Argentina
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ Uruguay ⓘ |
| date | 1866-09-22 ⓘ |
| followedBy | prolonged stalemate in the Paraguayan War ⓘ |
| fortificationType | earthworks ⓘ |
| front | southern front of the Paraguayan War ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Río de la Plata region ⓘ |
| impact |
boosted Paraguayan morale
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delayed Allied offensive operations ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Paraguay River ⓘ |
| location |
Curupayty
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Paraguay ⓘ |
| outcome | major defeat for the Triple Alliance ⓘ |
| partOf | Paraguayan War ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Curuzú ⓘ |
| result | Paraguayan victory ⓘ |
| riverineAspect | operations along the Paraguay River ⓘ |
| significance |
halted Triple Alliance advance for months
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one of the worst defeats suffered by the Triple Alliance in the Paraguayan War ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Brazilian naval bombardment for the Triple Alliance ⓘ |
| tactics |
Paraguayan defensive fortifications
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use of trenches and earthworks by Paraguayan forces ⓘ |
| theater | South American theater of war ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare | trench warfare ⓘ |
| year | 1866 ⓘ |
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